Re: [CRAZY PROPOSAL] Automake should support only GNU make

[Paul Smith]

On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 19:57 +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 07:55:17PM CET:
> > Where do these terms 'alpha' and 'beta' build system originate from?
> 
> I've read them in
> <http://gittup.org/tup/build_system_rules_and_algorithms.pdf>.
> 
> No idea whether they are standardized somehow or somewhere.

I really recommend that, in addition to that paper, you might read the
thread that ensued on the help-make list after Mike posted a link to it
there:

http://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg08500.html

I think some of that discussion was quite illuminating.